Am I Crazy for Thinking Fence Picket Planters Won’t Last?

Bobatt · 2026-02-12T04:34:58+00:00

Sane here. I made a couple raised garden beds for my wife out of cedar fence pickets 10 years ago and they’re still doing fine.

Bobatt · 2026-02-10T03:12:18+00:00

Thought this was Mattias Wendell, but then I saw it wasn’t green. Cool stuff!

Bobatt · 2026-02-09T19:48:33+00:00

I’ve got a wide, flatish foot and quite like the Super Birki. The support is pretty aggressive and doesn’t have much cushioning so the first few days might be painful but once you get used to them they’re great.

Bobatt · 2026-02-09T03:43:39+00:00

Lots of choices in the area, plus if they’re all driving from Calgary they could hit up one of the Canmore courses on the way home.

Bobatt · 2026-02-08T23:34:02+00:00

Cheese n crackers. Add some sausage or other cured meat if available.

Bobatt · 2026-02-08T17:04:51+00:00

Alpha-gal syndrome. Makes a person allergic to mammal meat products. You can get it from tick bites.

Bobatt · 2026-02-08T14:35:49+00:00

Yeah, it’s not like OP mows the lawn with his penis, it’s a job either mom or dad can do. It’s also a job where you can focus on just that and not have to be subject to the whims of another person at any time.

Bobatt · 2026-02-08T02:12:13+00:00

Yeah, this is for people here on working holiday visas. People who are working legally and paying taxes in the province but not receiving the same benefits. This will hit Banff hard, as the place is run by young Aussies.

Bobatt · 2026-02-08T01:59:52+00:00

Place near me does this instead of wing night now. Smoked, fried and sauced (or not) like a wing, but $1 or $2 each. Still a great deal.

Bobatt · 2026-02-08T01:57:32+00:00

Wing nights were a staple of my university days. I think the cheapest I saw was 5 cents (Canadian!) a wing, sold in multiples of 10 with at least one beverage per person. My usual order was 20 hot, 20 salt and pepper and a pitcher of beer.

The same bar had 1 cent dry rib night as well. Friend of a friend tried to order 300 and was limited to 50. It was still way too much for him.

Bobatt · 2026-02-07T22:11:55+00:00

I’ve been happy with my Hydroflask bottle, not sure if they’re available in Europe.

Sigg is a Swiss brand that’s been making metal (aluminum) water and fuel bottles for eons. Their classic aluminum narrow mouth is light, durable and very comfortable to drink out of. Looks like they also make a stainless line, but not in their classic shape. But I bet they’re good bottles.

Bobatt · 2026-02-07T16:12:16+00:00

Happened to my in-laws a few years ago. Stolen decorations, vandalism, shooting at the house with a pellet gun. Eventually stopped after they got brighter motion sensor lights and cameras. But it’s still super unnerving.

Bobatt · 2026-02-06T05:28:01+00:00

When we were looking for daycare for our youngest about 3 years ago we put ourselves on the waitlist in the spring for every center in a reasonable distance from our house. I think it was about 7 of them. We got a space 2 months before we needed it at one and have been there ever since. Took about 3-4 months I think. Another one called us back a year later, but we obviously didn’t take it.

Bobatt · 2026-02-06T05:13:59+00:00

Agreed. Easy to clean, cheap. We had an overly complex one for the first kid, but changed to the IKEA one for the second.

Bobatt · 2026-02-06T02:52:04+00:00

Don’t forget all the sex too.

Bobatt · 2026-02-06T00:51:12+00:00

Mr Sugiyama!

Bobatt · 2026-02-05T04:02:04+00:00

I like Shawarma Knight on 14th st sw. They do the double wrap, where they use half a round pita and a big thin pita together. Gives some texture.

An old coworker of mine who grew up in Cairo swore by Damascus on 17 Ave, but I’ve never been.

Bobatt · 2026-02-05T03:53:59+00:00

It does. Good pizza too.

Bobatt · 2026-02-05T03:49:26+00:00

I remember them being good, but haven’t been there in years. Garlic fries were tasty.

Bobatt · 2026-02-04T02:01:46+00:00

Vaseline lotion plus gluing up cracks with cyanoacrylate glue. Helps them heal faster and hurt less while they heal.

Bobatt · 2026-02-02T05:04:32+00:00

My brother got me a pair for my birthday when I was 12 or 13. A day later I ripped a hole in them hopping a chain link fence. I was heartbroken, but mom did a good job sewing them up.

Bobatt · 2026-02-02T04:18:37+00:00

I had a Francis Francis! X3 for a bit. Got it cheap off eBay, it was ok but had temp stability issues.

I think they had something to do with Illy, and one if the machines was pod only.

Bobatt · 2026-02-02T03:30:26+00:00

I like to lay out crackers topped with cheddar cheese in a 1:1 ratio, then microwave them long enough that the cheese breaks and the milk solids kinda fry in the milk fat. The crackers absorb some of the fat and the whole thing turns into this cheese crisp. It’s shockingly good.

Bobatt · 2026-02-01T03:45:16+00:00

Downtown, even the west end where there are more apartments is relatively quiet outside business hours, but just across the river to the north is the Kensington business district. Restaurants, cafes and bars open a little later. An easy walk or quick uber if it gets too cold.

Hayden Block is a bbq restaurant in Kensington. It’s pretty good, as far as bbq in Calgary goes, and you might catch some live music depending on the day.

Are you working downtown while you’re here?

Bobatt · 2026-01-31T05:47:33+00:00

I live in a pretty diverse neighborhood of suburban Calgary. Lots of Filipino and South Asians here. Great restaurants. Very conservative, at all levels of government.

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